Media Releases - 02 June 2023 - Iconic place - Lake Eyre Basin - Channel Country - Fossil fuels - Queensland Protection for Lake Eyre Basin one step closer as long-awaited consultation report released Protection for free-flowing Channel Country rivers in south-west Queensland is one step closer after...
Media Releases - 23 May 2023 - Victoria Forests - Victoria Fast-tracked end to native forest logging welcomed; hard fought forest protections now in sight Native forest logging will end in Victoria in 2024—six years sooner than the original end date of 20...
Media Releases - 19 May 2023 - Deforestation - Logging - Victoria Forests - Victoria Pulp the pulp contract, not Victoria’s native forests The Andrews Labor Government has legal grounds to suspend its controversial wood pulp contract, acco...
Media Releases - 11 May 2023 - Deforestation - Queensland Majority of land cleared for beef in Queensland linked to vital threatened species habitat A shocking new analysis of Queensland’s latest Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS) has revea...
Media Releases - 11 May 2023 - Nature - Laws - Australia wide Government must ensure new EPA is fully independent and meet funding gaps in costing While the Labor government has made an important step in committing seed funding to Environmental Pr...
Media Releases - 10 May 2023 - Nature - Laws - Australia wide Federal budget only scratches the surface of Australia's environment needs While tonight’s federal budget announcement is a small step in the right direction for nature, there...
Media Releases - 18 April 2023 - Malbena - Species - Threatened - Tasmania Looming development decision could spell disaster for endangered Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle A proposed tourism operation at Lake Malbena would likely severely impact dwindling populations of e...
Media Releases - 13 April 2023 - Forests - Tasmania Forests - Tasmania Tourism peak body's condemnation of Tasmanian logging fires & smoke pollution welcome Wilderness Society welcomes the leadership of Tourism Industry Council in condemning negative impact...
Media Releases - 29 March 2023 - Climate - Laws - Australia wide The Wilderness Society makes the following statement regarding the Safeguard Mechanism The Wilderness Society commends Chris Bowen and Adam Bandt for constructively working to improve Aus...
Media Releases - 17 March 2023 - Climate - Laws - Community rights - Fossil fuels - Tasmania “Extreme, serious and harmful”: IPCC experts respond to proposed fossil fuel expansion off King Island ConocoPhillips held a public ‘consultation’ conducted on King Island. Poorly attended, the consultat...